title: Guiding principles for pediatric hospital medicine programs.
abstract: Pediatric hospital medicine programs have an established place in pediatric medicine. This statement speaks to the expanded roles and responsibilities of pediatric hospitalists and their integrated role among the community of pediatricians who care for children within and outside of the hospital setting.
mesh_terms: D064416:Hospital Medicine / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D020445:Hospitalists / Q000592:standards; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D010820:Physicians / Q000592:standards; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards*
keywords: hospital medicine; hospitalist; inpatient care